September 17, 2009
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Foodie-ism: It’s a Disease!!! (SH 23)
Last night, the Architect and I went out for dinner before going to a lecture at the National Building museum. We went to a restaurant called “Founding Farmers.” We had never been there before and wanted to try it. The cool thing about this restaurant is that the food comes from farms that the restaurant has partnerships with so you know exactly where your food is coming from. They’re also into supporting farms that are sustainable, which is really, really cool to me. It’s nice to be able to feel like you’re contributing to solutions by eating someplace. It doesn’t hurt that the food is really awesome.
We started out with Arnold Palmers to drink. We’ve both been obsessed over these drinks this summer. If you don’t know, it’s a mix of iced tea and lemonade. It’s good and refreshing. For dinner, the Architect had steak (nice and juicy), French fries and cauliflower. I had barackwurst (seriously, that’s what they were called; others may know them as bratwurst), cabbage, French fries, carrots and green beans. What was unique about the green beans and carrots is that they were pickled but served warm. It sounds strange but it was really good actually. The pickling was light enough not to be overpowering and simply to give a little kick to the meal. For dessert, we split a white chocolate pecan bread pudding. It was soooooo amazing. It melted in your mouth and was such a perfect dessert to kick off fall with. We’ll definitely be going back!
Tonight, I’m cooking dinner for two friends. I’m making baked lemon chicken (new recipe; we’ll see how this goes), wild rice, and asparagus (baked with lemon and olive oil).
PS: The album I’m listening to is awesome. Do yourself a favor and listen to it!
Comments (14)
Ha, it is a disease! That bread pudding sounds amazing. And I love your background with the leaves.
Barackwurst? You’re kidding, right?
Right now I’m more of a food eater than preparer. I’m working on changing that though, lol.
sustainable, should visit aliashope…arnold palmer, companion thought that was how tea was served – 1/2 and 1/2… not a fan of wurst here…vegies sound interesting, something in-laws and i could both appreciate. (i go for raw while they to for seasoned and gray – doesn’t matter the original color)…i ignore desserts…recipe please!!! my idea of lemon chicken is cutting a lemon in half and, well, the bird is usually offended.
I’m a foodie in the sense that I love food.
Fish ‘n’ chips…. *drool*
This made me hungry…
Arnold Palmers? Isn’t that just lemon tea?
Glad you found a nice place that is partnering with local suppliers. That is a great way to eat.
I LOVE bread pudding Meg. I am so happy you both enjoy going out and having a good dinner at such a neat place.
Thank you very much for that wonderful comment you left on my post. It made me feel so good that you support me like that. Blessings and hugs.
Zakiah
ah, I’m a serious foodie as well
Those Arnold Palmers even come bottled but is much better mixed fresh. I grow lemons and it doesn’t get any fresher. Steak sounds good but I would, without hesitation, pass on the barachwurst! –BTB
Sounds like a tasty adventure…. I had some ribs tonight that were made by my brother-in-law recently…. spicy and so good it didn’t need sauce.
So, I’m still trying to catch up on other folks’ posts…..I thought of you this weekend. We were back in DC again…when I finally get to post my pics, I want your commentary!
The “food from local growers” concept is amazing! Sounds like you had a good meal. Hopefully the meal you were cooking turned out alright as well.
Hope you had an amazing weekend!
<3,
Karen
That sounds sooooo good right now.. college food is nasty! Dx i want some cooking Megan T_T can i come to your house? lol
@MooncatBlue - Thank you! I like it too
@PeriwinkleAdonis - Nope, I’m for serious. There’s many, many jokes to be made from that name…
@travelerblue - I got the recipe off of the food network website but as the Architect has taught me now, I embellished it a little. I’m serving it again this week so that he can taste it because he was at a meeting last week when we had it and it was so good that my guests ate it all!
@christao408 - Yeah, it’s lemonade and tea. It’s so good and so simple!
@ZSA_MD - I’m always here for you
@greenbird321 - Great minds think alike
@sir_spamalot - We had ribs this weekend while camping. They were awesome!
@i_was_there_and_back_again - I’ll be by
@karen_lynn - Ooo, the lemon chicken was really amazing!
@VampiressMai - College food is teh suck. One big reason that I started cooking for myself is because the food in college sucked so much! Hey, if you’re ever in MD…